All posts tagged "RFRA"
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Most Republicans support protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, survey finds
Support for nondiscrimination protections puts most Republicans at odds with party leaders
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Federal judge overturns transgender protections in Affordable Care Act
Judge Reed O'Connor claims protections violate the religious freedom of Christian medical providers
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Mike Pence’s hometown to host its first Gay Pride celebration
City of 46,000 has never held a Pride event, but has a long pro-LGBTQ history
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Norton introduces bill to protect LGBTQ rights from congressional meddling
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s non-voting delegate to Congress, has introduced a bill to protect D.C.’s LGBTQ rights and reproductive freedom laws...
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Indiana Dems: Pence could make debate gaffe if he defends extreme positions
In an effort to get in a few punches prior to Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, a pair of Indiana Democrats familiar with Republican vice...
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D.C. councilmember’s bill would prohibit travel to states with anti-gay laws
A D.C. councilmember has introduced a bill that would ban official government-funded travel to any state with a law that could be interpreted as anti-LGBT....
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California bill seeks to ban state-funded travel to anti-gay states
After spending the past few years attempting to beat back anti-LGBT legislation in multiple states, allies of the LGBT community are finding themselves on offense...
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Indiana Senate committee passes Trojan horse nondiscrimination bill
Despite attempts to give their state a much-needed public relations makeover, Hoosier lawmakers have fallen short in passing comprehensive protections for Indiana’s LGBT citizens. In...
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NCAA joins Indiana coalition pushing for LGBT protections
Supporters of a law that would prohibit discrimination against members of the LGBT community gained a significant ally last week after the NCAA, the nation’s...
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ACLU warns of coming wave of “religious exemption” bills
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that social conservatives and anti-LGBT advocates could be intending to push laws and policies that would legalize discrimination...
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LGBT Allies Brace for Discrimination Bills
Even with the advent of marriage equality in a majority of U.S. states, LGBT allies remain on high alert as they brace for the introduction...
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Hobby Lobby decision fuels battle over LGBT rights and religious liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in the Hobby Lobby case, which found some religious employers can refuse to pay for insurance coverage of...
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Mississippi lawmakers approve ‘religious freedom’ legislation
Mississippi lawmakers approved “religious freedom” legislation Tuesday that advocates warn could allow discrimination based on religious objections against any group of people, including the LGBT...
